WEBVTT 00:00:00.256 --> 00:00:02.219 Hi, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van 00:00:02.219 --> 00:00:04.630 Freedom. These are the DEWALT D W 00:00:04.736 --> 00:00:07.125 eighty sixty-two metal cut-off wheels from my 00:00:07.125 --> 00:00:09.515 van-build kit. I used my DEWALT grinder 00:00:09.515 --> 00:00:10.880 often enough to go through a lot 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.044 of these wheels. They lasted longer than 00:00:13.044 --> 00:00:14.409 the cheaper wheels I tried, 00:00:14.409 --> 00:00:16.159 and I recommend them based on that 00:00:16.159 --> 00:00:19.231 use. The D W eighty sixty-two is 00:00:19.231 --> 00:00:22.772 the four-and-a-half-inch wheel with a point-zero-four-five-inch thickness 00:00:22.772 --> 00:00:24.655 and a seven-eighths-inch arbor. 00:00:24.745 --> 00:00:26.986 Those are three separate measurements: the outside 00:00:27.092 --> 00:00:29.140 diameter, the thin edge and the center 00:00:29.140 --> 00:00:31.487 opening. The diagram separates them so that 00:00:31.487 --> 00:00:33.620 a nearly identical model name does not 00:00:33.620 --> 00:00:35.591 hide a different wheel specification. 00:00:35.768 --> 00:00:37.773 My original DEWALT grinder was the D 00:00:37.773 --> 00:00:39.310 C G four-twelve B. 00:00:39.438 --> 00:00:42.233 The matching manufacturer picture identifies that tool. 00:00:42.254 --> 00:00:43.875 It is separate from the newer grinder 00:00:43.875 --> 00:00:46.124 buying option on my linked tool page. 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:47.816 My review of these wheels comes from 00:00:47.816 --> 00:00:49.651 repeated use during the build, 00:00:49.651 --> 00:00:51.272 rather than a promise of a fixed 00:00:51.272 --> 00:00:53.363 number of cuts. The cheaper wheels I 00:00:53.363 --> 00:00:55.018 tried wore down faster. 00:00:55.136 --> 00:00:57.099 Under heavier work, they also tended to 00:00:57.099 --> 00:00:59.531 splinter and develop jagged edges in a 00:00:59.531 --> 00:01:01.280 way these DEWALT wheels did not in 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:03.371 my use. That difference is why I 00:01:03.371 --> 00:01:04.929 kept using the DEWALT wheels, 00:01:04.949 --> 00:01:06.187 even though I still went through a 00:01:06.187 --> 00:01:07.747 lot of them. I found them to 00:01:07.747 --> 00:01:09.903 be great cut-off wheels and would recommend 00:01:10.009 --> 00:01:12.505 them. My floor-opening photograph shows the result 00:01:12.611 --> 00:01:14.718 after cutting and surface finishing. 00:01:14.903 --> 00:01:17.335 The heater-opening work involved more than one 00:01:17.335 --> 00:01:19.340 cutting tool, and the rough opening was 00:01:19.340 --> 00:01:21.709 followed by finishing and checking the fit. 00:01:21.857 --> 00:01:24.770 The photograph is my actual project context. 00:01:24.950 --> 00:01:26.444 Cutting a part and having it ready 00:01:26.444 --> 00:01:28.172 to fit were separate stages. 00:01:28.406 --> 00:01:30.668 The roof-camera mount brought another lesson. 00:01:30.796 --> 00:01:32.417 I kept shortening bolts and planned to 00:01:32.417 --> 00:01:34.678 buy shorter ones. That changed the question 00:01:34.827 --> 00:01:37.088 from how many consumables I needed to 00:01:37.088 --> 00:01:38.965 which hardware lengths would avoid some of 00:01:38.965 --> 00:01:41.977 the repeated trimming. This illustrative workshop footage 00:01:41.977 --> 00:01:44.111 shows measuring and holding a workpiece, 00:01:44.153 --> 00:01:46.372 alongside my actual mount photograph. 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:49.018 My page compares two different wheel constructions. 00:01:49.188 --> 00:01:51.534 The Diablo diamond metal cut-off disc has 00:01:51.534 --> 00:01:54.280 a diamond-bearing rim. The Norton metal cut-off 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.499 wheels use a bonded abrasive format, 00:01:56.499 --> 00:01:58.632 like the general construction category of my 00:01:58.632 --> 00:02:01.043 DEWALT wheels. Those are buying alternatives, 00:02:01.107 --> 00:02:03.599 not extra firsthand wheel-life tests. 00:02:03.786 --> 00:02:06.048 Their matching pictures make the construction difference 00:02:06.048 --> 00:02:08.459 easier to compare. Thanks for watching. 00:02:08.522 --> 00:02:10.800 I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom. 00:02:10.900 --> 00:02:13.077 My full DEWALT D W eighty sixty-two 00:02:13.077 --> 00:02:15.125 review, related grinder page, 00:02:15.210 --> 00:02:17.642 matching product pictures and current Amazon buying 00:02:17.642 --> 00:02:19.127 options are linked below. 00:02:19.288 --> 00:02:21.293 My takeaway is that these wheels lasted 00:02:21.293 --> 00:02:23.065 longer than the cheaper ones I tried, 00:02:23.085 --> 00:02:25.048 and reducing avoidable cuts was another way 00:02:25.048 --> 00:02:26.947 to get more from the metalwork kit. 00:02:27.139 --> 00:02:28.134 Until next time.